Sylas vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Sylas
based on 3,826 Sylas vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Galio as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Galio
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Advice to Win Against Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Sylas vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Sylas in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several vital Sylas vs. Galio counter statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Galio’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Galio..
Sylas usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Galio. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sylas and Galio
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Who is Better, Sylas or Galio?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sylas usually loses when facing off against Galio, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Sylas makes a poor counter to Galio.
While Sylas does have a lower winrate than Galio, when they face off with one another, Sylas also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Sylas into Galio.
Furthermore, Sylas has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Galio. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Sylas is a trash counter to Galio. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sylas against Galio.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sylas in order to counter Galio during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas often picks up a similar amount of CS as Galio. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Sylas versus Galio build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Galio than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sylas had an average winrate of 46.8% battling Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Galio as Sylas, Sylas players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Sylas vs Galio matchups, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.8% win rate overall.
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